Which process identifies whether the needs of a project can best be met by acquiring products, services, or results outside of the organization?

Which tool or technique is required in order to determine the project budget?

What is the total float of the critical path?

When is a Salience Model used?

Which tools or techniques will a project manager use for Develop Project Team?

Which tool or technique of the Define Activities process allows for work to exist at various levels of detail depending on where it is in the project life cycle?

The Project Management Process Group in which performance is observed and measured regularly from project initiation through completion is:

A project manager managing a cross-cultural virtual project team across several time zones should be concerned about the impacts of which communication technology factor?

Expected monetary value (EMV) is computed by which equation?

Ensuring that both parties meet contractual obligations and that their own legal rights are protected is a function of:

What are the key components of the communication model?

Which process occurs within the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?

When does Monitor and Control Risks occur?

The staffing management plan is part of the:

A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a tool or technique used in which process?

A special type of bar chart used in sensitivity analysis for comparing the relative importance of the variables is called a:

Which document defines how a project is executed, monitored and controlled, and closed?

The Perform Quality Assurance p

A project manager should communicate to stakeholders about resolved project issues by updating the:

Based on the following metrics: EV=$20,000, AC=$22,000, and PV=$28,000, what is the project CV?

The technique of subdividing project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components until the work and deliverables are defined to the work package level is called:

Which of the following is an output of Direct and Manage Project Execution?

In complex projects/ initiating processes should be completed:

A given schedule activity is most likely to last four weeks. In a best-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last two weeks. In a worst-case scenario, the schedule activity is estimated to last 12 weeks. Given these three estimates, what is the expected duration of the activity?

The key benefit of the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group is the ability to:

Cost aggregation is typically performed by aggregating work packages in accordance with the:

Activity cost estimates are quantitative assessments of the probable costs required to:

Units of measure, level of precision, level of accuracy, control thresholds, and rules of performance measurement are examples of items that are established in the:

Using values such as scope, cost, budget, and duration or measures of scale such as size, weight, and complexity from a previous similar project as the basis for estimating the same parameter or measurement for a current project describes which type of estimating?

Which is an input to the Verify Scope process?

Inputs to the Define Activities process include:

Which type of management focuses on ensuring that projects and programs are reviewed to prioritize resource allocation?

Regression analysis, failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and trend analysis are examples of which tool or technique?

In a typical project, project managers spend most of their time:

Which stakeholder communicates with higher levels of management to gather organizational support and promote project benefits?

Which process involves aggregating the estimated costs of the individual schedule activities or work packages?

Funding limit reconciliation is a tool and technique used in which process?

Which standard examines an enterprise’s project management process capabilities?

An associate who calculates fees daily to support the department is doing which of the following?

Which tool or technique is used in the Plan Scope Management process?

Which type of graphic is displayed below?

Create WBS is part of which of the following Knowledge Areas?

Which type of analysis systemically gathers and analyzes qualitative and quantitative information to determine which interests should be taken into account throughout the project?

In which process might you use risk reassessment as a tool and technique?

Which type of analysis would be used for the Plan Quality process?

In which domain of project management would a Pareto chart provide useful information?

Which of the following are inputs into the Administer Procurements process?

Which tool within the Perform Quality Control process identifies whether or not a process has a predictable performance?

The process to ensure that appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used is:

Scope, schedule, and cost parameters are integrated in the:

An element of the modern quality management approach used to achieve compatibility with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is known as:

Which type of estimating can produce higher levels of accuracy, depending upon the sophistication and underlying data built into the model?

An input of the Create WBS process is:

Which process develops options and actions to enhance opportunities and reduce threats to project objectives?

In the basic communication model, which term refers to the method that is used to convey the message?

The process of developing a detailed description of the project and product is known as:

Which type of team can be defined as a group of people with a shared goal who fulfill their roles although spending little or no time meeting face to face?

Impacts to other organizational areas, levels of service, and acceptance criteria are typical components of which document?

What are assigned risk ratings based upon?

Which of the following factors is lowest at the start of the project?

A project manager providing information to the right audience, in the right format, at the right time is an example of which type of communication?

Whose approval may be required for change requests after change control board (CCB) approval?

Activity cost estimates and the project schedule are inputs to which Project Cost Management process?

The CPI is .92, and the EV is US$172,500.What is the actual cost of the project?

Under which type of contract does the seller receive reimbursement for all allowable costs for performing contract work, as well as a fixed-fee payment calculated as a percentage of the initial estimated project costs?

Project deliverables that have been completed and checked for correctness through the Control Quality process are known as:

A work package has been scheduled to cost $1,000 to complete and was to be finished today. As of today, the actual expenditure is $1,200 and approximately half of the work has been completed. What is the cost variance?

A full-time project manager with low to moderate authority and part-time administrative staff is working in an organizational structure with which type of matrix?

A risk may be graded into different priorities by which process?

The traditional organization chart structure that can be used to show positions and relationships in a graphic top-down format is called a:

What are the formal and informal policies, procedures, and guidelines that could impact how the project’s scope is managed?

Activities on the critical path have which type of float?

Which of the seven basic quality tools is especially useful for gathering attributes data while performing inspections to identify defects?

Which of the following is the correct network diagram for the table?

Which technique is commonly used for the Quantitative Risk Analysis activity?

The contract in which the seller is reimbursed for all allowable costs for performing the contract work and then receives a fee based upon achieving certain performance objectives is called a:

An input of the Control Schedule process is the:

Using parametric estimating, if an assigned resource is capable of producing 120 units per hour, how many hours are required to produce 12,000 units?

Which component of the human resource management plan describes when and how project team members are acquired and how long they will be needed?

The following is a network diagram for a project. What is the critical path for the project?

Who, along with the project manager, is supposed to direct the performance of the planned project activities and manage the various technical and organizational interfaces that exist within the project?

Which of the following processes is necessary to ensure that the project employs all processes needed to meet its requirements?

An input to the Identify Stakeholders process is:

Organizational process assets can be divided into which of the following two categories?

Who is responsible for reviewing change requests and approving or rejecting the change requests?

Another name for an Ishikawa diagram is:

Which input provides suppliers with a clear set of goals, requirements, and outcomes?

Projects are authorized by which of the following individuals?

In the Estimate Activity Durations process, productivity metrics and published commercial information inputs are part of the:

Which key interpersonal skill of a project manager is defined as the strategy of sharing power and relying on interpersonal skills to convince others to cooperate toward common goals?

When does the project team determine which dependencies are discretionary?

Which can be used to determine whether a process is stable or has predictable performance?

Which Manage Communications tool or technique focuses on identifying and managing barriers?

Quality and credibility of the qualitative risk analysis process requires that different levels of the risk’s probabilities and impacts be defined is the definition of what?

A project manager has created an issue log to document issues communicated by project team members during weekly team meetings. This is an input of:

The number of potential communication channels for a project with 5 stakeholders is:

How many Project Management Process Groups are there?

The Human Resource Management processes are:

Which of the following is an input to the Direct and Manage Project Execution process?

Perform Integrated Change Control is the process of:

An effective technique for resolving conflict that incorporates multiple viewpoints from differing perspectives to achieve consensus and commitment is:

The purpose of inspection in Perform Quality Control is to keep errors:

Which of the following is an output of the Information Distribution Process?

Which of the following statements correctly characterizes pull communication?

How should a stakeholder who is classified as high power and low interest be grouped in a power/interest grid during stakeholder analysis?

What is the schedule performance index (SPI) using the following data? BAC = $100,000 PV = $50,000 AC = $80,000 EV = $40,000

Resource calendars are included in the:

Which of the following is an example of schedule compression?

Which characteristic is unique to project work and does not apply to operational work?

Status of deliverables, implementation status for change requests, and forecasted estimates to complete are examples of:

Variance and trend analysis is a tool and technique used in which process?

The purpose of the Project Communications Management Knowledge Area is to:

Which of the following is a tool or technique used in the Determine Budget process?

Which Process Group’s purpose is to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes?

The following is a network diagram for a project. The total float for the project is how many days?

Which quality management and control tool is useful in visualizing parent-to-child relationships in any decomposition hierarchy that uses a systematic set of rules that define a nesting relationship?

Which process determines the risks that may affect the project and documents their characteristics?

Projects can intersect with an organization’s operations at various points during the product life cycle such as

Which of the following is an input to Direct and Manage Project Execution?

Which type of elaboration allows a project management team to manage at a greater level of detail as the project evolves?

What provides information regarding the ways people, teams, and organizational units behave?

Which process involves identifying and documenting the logical relationships between project activities?

Managing procurement relationships and monitoring contract performance are part of which process?

When cost variance is negative and schedule variance is positive, the project is:

What is the term assigned to products or services having the same functional use but different technical characteristics?

Which type of dependency used in the Sequence Activities process is sometimes referred to as preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic?

Risk categorization is a tool or technique used in which process?

An output of the Create WBS process is:

Which of the following are outputs of Develop Project Team?

What is the estimate at completion (EAC) if the budget at completion (BAC) is $100, the actual cost (AC) is $50, and the earned value (EV) is $25?

Which of the following correctly lists the configuration management activities included in the Integrated Change Control process?

Which Process Group typically consumes the bulk of a project’s budget?

Which of the following statements is true regarding project and product lifecycles?

Based on the following metrics: EV= $20,000, AC= $22,000, and PV= $28,000, what is the project CV?

Team performance assessments is an output of which of the following processes?

How is the schedule variance calculated using the earned value technique?

The ways in which the roles and responsibilities, reporting relationships, and staffing management will be addressed and structured within a project is described in the:

Which input may influence quality assurance work and should be monitored within the context of a system for configuration management?

The primary benefit of the Plan Schedule Management process is that it:

An input used in developing the communications management plan is:

In the Plan Procurement Management process, which source selection criteria analyzes if the seller’s proposed technical methodologies, techniques, solutions, and services meet the procurement documents requirements?

Which of the following makes changes to formally control documentation to reflect modified or additional ideas or content?

The process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline is:

Which of the following are documented directions to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks?

An output of the Create WBS process is:

Which of the following Project Communication Management processes uses performance reports as an input?

Which of the following can be used as an input for Define Scope?

The iterative and interactive nature of the Process Groups creates the need for the processes in which Knowledge Area?

Which group is formally chartered and responsible for reviewing, evaluating, approving, delaying, or rejecting changes to the project and for recording and communicating decisions?

When a control chart is used to monitor performance of a process, which of the following will be set by the project manager and the appropriate stakeholders to reflect the point(s) at which corrective action will be taken to prevent exceeding the specification limits?

Which of the following is an input to Control Scope?

Which tool or technique can a project manager use to select in advance a team member who will be crucial to the task?

Organizations manage portfolios based on which of the following types of plans?

The project manager for XYZ stationers is sequencing the activities for the project to set up a new office. It is known from knowledge of best practices that it is better to wait for the painters to finish painting the walls before the new floors are installed. This is an example of which of the following types of dependency?

Which of the following is a component of three-point estimates?

A car company authorized a project to build more fuel-efficient cars in response to gasoline shortages. With which of the following strategic considerations was this project mainly concerned?

What is the lowest level in the Work Breakdown Structure called?

Which of the following is an output from Control Scope?

The project manager has requested all expert team members to complete an anonymous questionnaire to identify possible risks. This is an example of a technique known as the:

Cost baseline is an output of which of the following processes?

A technique used to determine the cause and degree of difference between baseline and actual performance is:

As part of a mid-project evaluation, your project sponsor has asked you to provide a forecast of total project cost. You should calculate the forecast using which of the following methods?

The scope management plan and scope baseline are contained in:

In a construction project schedule, what is the logical relationship between the delivery of the concrete materials and the pouring of concrete?

While preparing the project management plan on a weekly basis, the project manager indicates the intention to provide an issues report to the staff via e-mail. In which part of the plan will this type of information be included?

Outputs from constituent processes might be used as

After Define Activities and Sequence Activities, the next process is:

Typical outcomes of a project include:

The project manager needs to review the templates in use. The templates are part of the:

What is the tool and technique used to request seller responses?

Activity resource requirements and the resource breakdown structure (RBS) are outputs of which Project Time Management process?

A collection of projects managed as a group to achieve strategic objectives is referred to as a:

The total of the planned value (PV) is also known as:

An output of the Perform Integrated Change Control process is:

Which process involves subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable portions?

Which tool and technique of quality planning involves comparing actual or planned practices to those of other projects to generate ideas for improvement and provide a basis by which to measure performance?

Which risk management strategy seeks to eliminate the uncertainty associated with a particular upside risk by ensuring that the opportunity is realized?

Which risk response strategy is common for both positive and negative risks?

Who determines which dependencies are mandatory during the Sequence Activities process?

Which type of estimating is used to improve the accuracy of an activity’s duration?

A project manager who communicates to the project team though email is using which type of communication?

Which of the following correctly describes when organizations and stakeholders are willing to accept varying degrees of risk?

The iterative process of increasing the level of detail in a project management plan as greater amounts of information become available is known as:

An output of the Plan Quality Management process is:

What happens to a stakeholder’s project influence over time?

Which type of contract gives both the seller and the buyer flexibility to deviate from performance with financial incentives?

The lowest level normally depicted in a work breakdown structure (WBS) is called a/an:

What are the identified risks for doing excessive decomposition in a WBS?

Inputs to the Plan Schedule Management process include:

Grouping the stakeholders based on their level of authority and their level of concern regarding project outcomes describes which classification model for stakeholder analysis?

Which of the following is a means of reaching a group decision in which everyone agrees on a single course of action?

Which Define Activities output extends the description of the activity by identifying the multiple components associated with each activity?

Which of the following tools will be used to produce performance reports that provide information to stakeholders about project cost, schedule progress, and performance?

Which of the following is an input into the Develop Project Team process?

The most appropriate project life cycle model for an environment with a high level of change and extensive stakeholder involvement in projects is:

Approved change requests, approved corrective actions, and updates to organizational process assets are all outputs of which project management process?